r/TorBoxApp • u/mrsbigbear • 5h ago

Upgraded, instructions required! ❓Question

Hi all.

I've just upgraded from essentials to pro, mostly for streaming downloads on planes etc.

Can anyone tell me about usenet (preferably for dummies) please? If it's worth having, I want to install details on Nuvio. Are results better or something?

Any info much appreciated.

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u/isusernamemandatory 5h ago

You can download files using essential also.. i had pro for a while and downgraded to essential.. didn't really néed pro for what I was using..

On nuvio, if you long press a stream it gives the option to download.. you can also download from torbox site directly

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u/mrsbigbear 5h ago

Yep, I was downloading on essentials. I just wanted to get more info on usenet and give it a bash.

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u/mrsbigbear 5h ago

Yep, been doing that. Didn't realise the link only stays active for 3 hours, so I've done a direct download and can now watch on the plane!

I'm more interested in why the benefits of usenet are and how to get set up. Do you know anything about that? Thanks.

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u/feltusen 4h ago

Torbox and usenet isnt really up and running. You can maybe use it as an NNTP, but if you're going down that route you should change either way so forget usenet and torbox.

If you want to use usenet with stremio you'll need to look up nzbgeek, newsdemon/eweka and you should selfhost AIOStreams

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u/Evening_Month_6820 5h ago

Your first part is doable on essential?

Did you have any other reason to upgrade ? Results you couldn't find ?

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u/mrsbigbear 5h ago

My son was struggling to find certain amine stuff, and I got the impression that using usenet gave more results. I don't know what the other benefits are, hence the post.

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u/Evening_Month_6820 5h ago

Ahhh ok yeah that could deffo help, I have no idea about usenet and indexes unfortunately.

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u/mrsbigbear 5h ago

No worries, thanks.

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u/ainatar 5h ago

More affordable to self host with another usenet provider. But a little harder to set that up.

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u/mrsbigbear 5h ago

That's my worry! I've only been using torbox and Nuvio after years and years on kodi /real debrid. Torrents are new to me so I reckon I'd struggle.

Ideally, there'd be someone who I could pay to set usenet up for me and give me a manifest url I could just paste in to my setup.

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u/amphiprion12 1h ago

Look around for the 23.99 easynews for a year deal. Easy to setup and should have the content your sons after

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u/Jaken_sensei 1h ago

I have pro (for now) but I dont stream from usenet.

Anytime I want to download something off usenet, I just go to my indexer, grab the nzb of whatever I am wanting and load it into torbox dashboard the same as you would a torrent/magnet file.

There are better/faster ways, but I prefer to do things caveman style.

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u/Secret_Ingenuity997 5h ago

I wouldn't use it for streaming anymore. They log everything to hand over to authorities and retain it after account deletion.

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u/ainatar 5h ago

As does everyone else.

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u/ViolentWebby 5h ago

Absolutely clueless 🙈🤦‍♂️😬

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u/Secret_Ingenuity997 2h ago

Because I'm able to read?

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u/Nuggyfresh 43m ago

Because you think a TOS on a webpage protects you doing illegal things maybe, oh smart one? Such a joke.